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238kgkg,A uranium nucleus U may stay in one piecefor billions of years, but sooner or later it de-cays into an a particle of mass 6.64 x 107and 234Th nucleus of mass 3.88 x 107and the decay process itself is extremely fast(it takes about 10-20 s). Suppose the uraniumnucleus was at rest just before the decay.If the a particle is emitted at a speed of6.67 x 106 m/s, what would be the recoil speedof the thorium nucleus?Answer in units of m/s.

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